January 18, 2013

I have today
spoken with Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Dr Marty Natalegawa regarding
devastation caused by severe flooding in Jakarta, which has resulted in at
least 5 deaths and the evacuation of 20,000 people.

I expressed
condolences on behalf of Australia for the families and friends of those killed
in the floods, and support for Indonesia’s Government as it responds to this
emergency.

Australia and
Indonesia share common experiences of natural disaster.

Australians would
recall Indonesia’s generous assistance in the aftermath of the Queensland
floods, including through the offer of $US1 million for disaster relief.

I made clear that
Australia – through our Embassy in Jakarta - stood ready to assist in the flood
relief effort, should this be requested.

Released on 18
January 2013

Australian Foreign
Minister Bob Carr

Australian Foreign
Minister Bob Carr was the longest
continuously serving Premier in New South Wales history.

He served as
Leader of the Opposition from 1988 until his election as Premier in March 1995.
He was re-elected in 1999 and again in March 2003 securing an historic third
four-year term.

He retired from
politics in 2005 after over 10 years as Premier.

In March 2012 he
was designated by Prime Minister Julia Gillard as Australia's Foreign Minister.
He was elected to the Australian Senate to fill a casual Senate vacancy and
sworn in to the Senate and Cabinet on March 13, 2012.

The Capital of Indonesia, Jakarta, has been declared in a state of emergency until Jan. 27,2013to see the affected areas click the link below

As residents of Jakarta prepared for the worst, the National Disaster
Mitigation Agency (BNPB) formed two response teams, according to BNPB
chief Syamsul Maarif.

The first team, led by the Public Works
Ministry’s directorate for rivers and beaches, will handle problems
associated the city’s rivers. The team’s principal task is repairing the
damage to the 50-meter section of the West Flood Canal that collapsed
on Thursday.

After the canal collapsed near Jl. Latuharhari in
Menteng, Central Jakarta, floods inundated nearby railway tracks, Jl.
Teluk Betung and the major thoroughfares of the Sudirman Central
Business District, Jl. Jend. Sudirman and Jl. MH Thamrin.

Meanwhile,
the second team, led by the BNPB’s disaster mitigation and logistics
divisions, will aid those displaced by the flood. “The second team has
set up 20 soup kitchens and distributed more than 30,000 blankets and
15,000 mats,” Syamsul said.

The evacuees would require 372 tons of rice in coming days, 200 tons of which have been secured.

According
to the agency, as of Saturday ,January 19th. 2013, there have been 102 sub-districts identified to be inundated. More
than 97,000 families and almost 250,000 people have been affected and
more than 18,000 people have been evacuated. Twelve people have died in
flood-related incidents in Jakarta, bringing the flood death toll in
Greater Jakarta to 20.

The UOB Plaza has four underground floors which have been heavily inundated with water due to the collapsed dyke at latuharhary, Menteng. Reportedly some flood victims got trapped at the flooded basement of UOB Plaza at MH Thamrin Nine Jakarta,.which covers a total area of
5,000 square meters. The first underground floor is five-meters high,
while the other three floors are four-meters high each.

UOB Plaza's management hope only four people were trapped and no more
casualties are there. SAR Team, however, continued the search because
hundreds of luxury cars were reportedly trapped at the basement since Thursday.

The most
devastating floods that have inundated
most of Jakarta areas since 2007 are expected to get even worse when the
city is buffeted by monsoon rains this weekend, according to officials.

Heavy flooding in Jakarta this week has killed 11 people, driven thousands more from their homes and paralyzed large parts of the city.

Coordinating
Minister for People’s Welfare Agung Laksono announced on Thursday that
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had raised the emergency level for Jakarta
to “alert” (siaga), the highest level.

Afterwards, The
Jakarta Governor Jokowi declared a state of emergency in the capital until Jan.
27, being resolved to take the necessary actions to prevent flooding after the
current situation was under control.

The governor said
that the emergency decree gave the administration the authority to make quick
decisions. “We can, for example, hold a procurement without having to go
through the tender process.”

Jakarta was
paralyzed on Thursday after a prolonged downpour caused the Ciliwung River to
overflow, leading to massive flooding that inundated the capital’s main
thoroughfares and landmarks, halted traffic and brought public services to a
halt.

The intense
rainfall, according to the Meteorology Climatology and Geophysics Agency
(BMKG), was attributed to the arrival of the Asian monsoon, which is expected
to affect many parts of the nation over the next three days.

Mulyono Prabowo,
meteorology publication chief at the BMKG, was forecasting medium to heavy rain
at night until Saturday, with the potential for more intense storms in the week
ahead.

“The warning level will remain elevated until
conditions improve in Jakarta,” Agung further told reporters after a meeting at
Governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s office with officials from relevant ministries
and state agencies.

“Current weather
reports say the weather may be going to fly into a rage for the next few days. We need to keep our
eyes open,” Agung added.

The alert status
authorizes the central government and city administration to take maximum
measures to assist flood victims, including the deployment of the police and
the Indonesian Military (TNI).

“The central
government and the city administration assure the people that we will be able
to deal with the disaster,” Agung said.

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